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Turning waste heat into sound…
…and then into energy: Symko expects the devices could be used within two years as an alternative to photovoltaic cells for converting sunlight into electricity. The heat engines also could be used to cool laptop and other computers that generate more heat as their electronics grow more complex. And Symko foresees using the devices to …
Computers can now recognize faces…
…more accurately than humans can.
The angel and the devil on the shoulders of your teen
While I am still some seven years away from having a teenager of my own, I well remember being a teenager, and being occasionally asked by an exasperated parent, “What were you thinking?” To which, as often as not, I replied, “I don’t know.” This was seldom seen as an acceptable answer. Had I but …
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There are no utopias, as I believe I’ve said before
Bullies are everywhere. Even in Second Life. Why research bullying in a virtual online world? Funding for this project has come from the Dean of Business, Law and Social Sciences, Professor Christine Ennew, who describes bullying as a complex issue and one which perhaps hasn’t had the research attention it deserves. Professor Ennew said: “When …
A most appropriate presentation
This is cool: Nobel laureate James Watson – co-discoverer of the DNA double helix and father of the Human Genome Project – today, in a presentation at Baylor College of Medicine, became the first human to receive the data that encompass his personal genome sequence.It’s astonishing how far we’ve come in genetics in such a …
Coming soon to Broadway…
Shrek: The Musical.
This looks…interesting
It’s The Shatner Show at Uppercase Gallery in Calgary: Get ready for the summer of Shatner! An exhibition and publication of artwork depicting William Shatner, featuring the work of over seventy artists of diverse illustrative styles from Canada and the US. The caliber of participating artists is outstanding. Ohhhhhkay…
Mars…
…as art. Gorgeous! (Via Instapundit.)
Saskatchewan author up for major science fiction award
Alas, it isn’t me. Nevertheless, congratulations to Barbara Sapergia, whose novel Dry (Coteau Books) is one of the finalists for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for the best science fiction novel of 2006. (I suspect Barbara doesn’t self-identify as a science fiction writer, based on her biography on the Coteau site, so this may …
Become a science fiction writer…
…and help save civilization: Looking to prevent the next terrorist attack, the Homeland Security Department is tapping into the wild imaginations of a group of self-described “deviant” thinkers: science-fiction writers. As I like to say, science fiction is a vaccine against future shock.
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